John F. Lewis, Jr. has been appointed as the new president and CEO of BioOhio, Ohio’s bioscience trade association. Lewis succeeds Anthony J. Dennis, Ph.D., who announced his retirement in April.  He was named BioOhio’s fourth president after Dorothy Baunach, Frank Samuels and Dr. Dennis. Lewis has led bioscience-focused trade missions to Germany, Japan, China, Taiwan, France and Israel. In concert with key […]

A nonprofit cancer research institute has sued biotechnology company Agios and one of its cofounders for more than $1 billion, alleging they took intellectual property developed at the institute and used it to start a for-profit business. The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, part of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University […]

The Biotechnology Industry Organization believes that fully realizing the promise of biotechnology requires a comprehensive national strategy that fine-tunes some policies and overhauls others. BIO’s set of policy proposals address two vital needs: 1) the need to re-engineer the biotech economic model, and 2) the need to re-invent the idea-to-market pathway for biotech cures and […]

The Biotechnology Industry Organization believes that fully realizing the promise of biotechnology requires a comprehensive national strategy that fine-tunes some policies and overhauls others. BIO’s set of policy proposals address two vital needs: 1) the need to re-engineer the biotech economic model, and 2) the need to re-invent the idea-to-market pathway for biotech cures and […]

The Biotechnology Industry Organization believes that fully realizing the promise of biotechnology requires a comprehensive national strategy that fine-tunes some policies and overhauls others. BIO’s set of policy proposals address two vital needs: 1) the need to re-engineer the biotech economic model, and 2) the need to re-invent the idea-to-market pathway for biotech cures and […]

Despite the urgent need for scientific breakthroughs in biotechnology, current government policies are holding back the potential and promise of the scientific potential that resides in the thousands of biotech companies. The Biotechnology Industry Organization had looked at the changes to our policy environment that would incentivizes companies to develop the breakthrough cures, treatments, enhanced […]

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette , D-CO, and Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa, reintroduced legislation to support embryonic stem cell research.  The representatives are co-sponsoring the Stem Cell Research Advancement Act of 2011, H.R. 2376. The bill would codify the National Institutes of Health’s guidelines for carrying out all stem-cell research and require the NIH to review […]

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced its endorsement of the “Joint Declaration on Cooperation in the Fight against Doping in Sport” between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufactures and Associations (IFPMA). “This endorsement adds credence to the declaration between WADA and the IFPMA and is further evidence that the […]